40,000-year-old sealed cavern in Gibraltar gives new insight into Neanderthal life
Vanguard Cave is one of four caves that make up the famous Rock of Gibraltar and a nine-year-excavation project led researchers to a sealed chamber with evidence of long-gone Neanderthal life inside.
The Rock of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar is seen from the Spanish side of the border near La Linea de la Concepcion(photo credit: JON NAZCA/ REUTERS)BySHIRA SILKOFF